As crude oil prices tried to bounce back from a five-year low, oil companies and OPEC try to adjust to low oil prices. BP earnings kicked off the big oil earnings season and they could have been worse.

Infrastructure investment in India is a long-term theme, and is going to require a lot of raw materials and fuel sources. It's one thing to generate power; it's another thing to actually distribute that power.

When U.S. financial markets finished their temper tantrum over the Federal Reserve acknowledging that QE3 would have to end, the prospects of more rational market fundamentals emerged. But as we enter 2014, markets appear stuck on taper.

Dan Dicker, energy trader, oil analyst, television and web commentator, author and general provocateur doesn’t mince words, especially about the new players brought in through electronic trading of the markets.

Natural gas surged to a 15-month high inspired by a bullish supply report from the EIA. While many attribute the surge in demand to all of the cold weather, just below the surface something much more significant is going on.